Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter-Chapter 484 - 239: The Missing Key Figure

Breakthrough!

Everyone’s eyes lit up.

Luo Fei also realized the turning point in the situation.

If there were reasons for the brothers to turn against each other, conflicts between them couldn’t be ruled out.

Moreover, their mother is the bond between them, so if they find the elder brother, there might be new clues.

According to the current situation, the elder brother is somewhat related to this matter.

Although they can’t openly decide he is the killer of Ni Zhiwei, understanding the situation cannot rely solely on Ni Zhiqiang; a comprehensive approach is necessary.

"Can you contact your elder brother? We’ve called his phone and visited your company to find him, but there’s no news."

"Yes, I have..."

Ni Zhiqiang then started searching through his phone’s WeChat content, constantly browsing the list, but found no records, and his brow furrowed.

"Strange, why can’t I find it?"

Feeling a bit dazed, Ni Zhiqiang looked to the others for help.

"Officer, my elder brother hasn’t replied to any messages in the group; it seems he’s been missing for five days."

"Five days?"

Luo Fei and the others looked at each other, shocked by the sudden development—two important people were involved.

"Let’s go to your company and take a look. Lead the way."

"Okay."

Then Ni Zhiqiang led the group to his company.

Fourth floor of Hai Rong Mansion.

"Here we are, officer. I just tried calling my brother on other WeChat phone numbers, but none got through."

Looking at the office in front of them, Luo Fei nodded, signaling Liao Xingyu to join him and check it out.

It’s already a fact that they couldn’t reach the other party, so they could only search for clues in the office to determine their whereabouts.

As they entered, a heavy smell of smoke greeted them, causing everyone to frown.

According to the receptionist, Ni Zhigang hadn’t been seen for a few days.

This made Luo Fei feel strange—it’s only been a short time since their mother Liu Cuiyun’s seven-day mourning period ended; why would he suddenly disappear?

The choking smoke smell in the room proved that he’d been there alone for a long time, heavily burdened by something, deeply disturbed and uncomfortable.

"It looks like there’s nothing useful here."

Liao Xingyu shook his head and turned to leave.

But Luo Fei stayed in the space; he could now use his special skills to activate his profiling domain!

The surroundings began to come to life, with the ash on desks and sofas becoming vivid.

Amidst the swirling smoke, Luo Fei saw Ni Zhigang himself pacing back and forth, holding a cigarette, looking grave, glancing at his phone from time to time.

All the clues in the room began to intertwine and recreate the scene before the other party’s departure.

Next to the desk was a half-burned cigarette, extinguished by contact with the ashtray’s edge, along with ash scattered beside the ashtray...

Clearly, despite being so close to the hand, the ash was flicked outside.

There must have been some unexpected event that disrupted his plans.

And distracted him!

The scattered ash on the coffee table, with none in the ashtray, indicated a state of unrest.

The scattered documents on the desk showed that Ni Zhigang was in an agitated state for some time.

The other party was extremely anxious, but what he was thinking about remained unknown.

If anything could distract him after his mother’s departure, it likely concerned his mother.

Logically, a dutiful son like him, with his deep emotional ties and concerns collapsed after losing his mother, shouldn’t be easily shaken by other matters in the short term.

Moreover, according to previously found clues, among the three brothers of the Ni family, except for Ni Zhiqiang, who had a relationship, the other two were single.

Ni Zhigang had a bad temper, often clashing with others and handling social interactions poorly, thus remaining single long-term.

The late Ni Zhiwei, busy with work, rarely addressed personal issues proactively.

Therefore, their mother most frequently nagged at the two of them.

"Luo Fei, there’s a discovery!"

Suddenly, Liao Xingyu’s voice came from outside the door, sounding quite delighted.

Luo Fei quickly rushed out, seeing several officers gathered around a phone covered in garbage stains on the table, with Ni Zhiqiang beside them looking shocked and his eyes starting to blur.

"Could this be..."

"This is truly my brother’s phone!"

Suddenly, Ni Zhiqiang let out a wail of sorrow, appearing extremely distressed, collapsing to the ground.

Luo Fei was quite puzzled by the suddenly appearing evidence.

The person hadn’t been found, yet the phone showed up first!

In this day and age, when people are rarely without their phones, finding such an important item by chance isn’t typical.

But now, it turned up here, seemingly retrieved from the trash; was it just lost? Or could it be the other party’s relic? 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"What’s going on?"

Liao Xingyu pointed to a nearby cleaner.

"The cleaner found it while cleaning today; it was around eight in the morning when they saw this phone during trash collection from the scrap collector, and since it didn’t look like junk, they set it aside."

"This really is my elder brother’s phone..."